Further Research and Production

I started by choosing the idea that I felt the most effective which was to use the imagery of a refugee. I decided as I didn't have access to a Syrian refugee child that I could try and create the images
myself using a relative.
I began by doing some research into the Syrian culture and religion. I found that women in syria who as muslims wear types of Burqa's one of which is a Niqab. The women wear these for religious obligation and wear them to feel covered and modest. The Niqab is a veil that entirely covers the women including the mouth and nose, with a small opening for the eyes. When looking at britian and there feeling about women wearing Burqas I came across some sites which showed that some British citizens were against them.
https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/43313 Ban the burqa was a campaign I found showing that people say that Britain is a Christian Country so they should respect our beliefs. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-will-back-uk-muslim-veil-bans-as-he-announces-new-measures-to-tackle-segregation-a6820491.html . Doing research made me see how british people can be scared by the Niqab and how you can not see the face underneath.

This is something I want to tackle with my poster as I want british people to see that underneath the Niqab is a women or girl like any other that deserves a home and education.

I started by taking some photographs of a child in a scarf made to be like a Niqab. However my first try was not so successful as the material of the scarf was wrong and made it not look so realistic. So I tried with a older child and used a different material and the outcome was much better. I want to use these images to create a poster, but I am not keeping them as photography as In my last critique we talked about how a more illustrative style would link more to a WW2 style.